Body of Rutherford County man found three years after disappearance

12:08 PM,
Oct. 21, 2013

Written by

Amanda Haggard
The Daily News Journal

The body of a Rutherford County man was found Oct. 11 in Center Hill Lake three years after he went missing, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office.

Joseph Loupe, who would have been 45 years old on the day he was found, went missing after he rented a pontoon boat from Center Hill Marina on Nov. 2, 2010, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff's Office press release.

"The (state medical examiner) was able to take (X-rays) to make a positive identification," said DeKalb County Sheriff Patrick Ray. "The autopsy revealed that Loupe was the victim of a drowning." ...